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spider@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•‘I am not done’: Kamala Harris says she may run for president againEnglish
9·6 days agoand you totally lied when you said you would “prosecute the case against him”
But a new book by Pulitzer Prize-nominated reporter Aaron Glantz challenges that storyline, arguing that Harris not only allowed Steve Mnuchin’s OneWest bank to get away with foreclosing on tens of thousands of state homeowners, but then tried to bury the evidence.
If that name sounds familiar, Mnuchin later became Trump’s treasury, from 2017-2021.
spider@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•‘I am not done’: Kamala Harris says she may run for president againEnglish
13·6 days agoAlso, this…
Biden Suggests He Would Only Serve One Term if Elected President
Advisers close to the candidate say he won’t run for reelection in 2024 if elected in 2020.
And then he changed his mind.
If that hadn’t happened and they instead had a normal convention, we might be in a much different situation now.
spider@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Epoch Times Reporter Resigns After Publication Signs Pentagon RulesEnglish
6·13 days agoEpochEunuch Timesfixed that for you
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Atheist Memes@lemmy.world•Heartbroken to learn the Pope sympathizes with the poor 💔English
54·14 days agoYou forgot to use scare quotes – i.e., “Christian”
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Ohio@midwest.social•Ohio pastor who protested LGBTQ book at school fair accused of child rape, sexual battery
2·14 days agoIt’s almost as though they just want us to get used to this stuff.
spider@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Zohran Mamdani Has Pushed the Liberal Consensus on Palestine. The Left Isn’t Satisfied.English
2·15 days agoIndeed, because then we inevitably get stuck with more conservative Democrats whose allegiance to Israel (via AIPAC) supersedes allegiance to their own country.
spider@midwest.socialtoWorld News@midwest.social•Israeli guards stripped and filmed Thunberg naked, wrote ‘whore’ on her luggageEnglish
50·15 days agoIf these are “God’s Chosen People” then I need to find another God.
spider@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton indictedEnglish
3·15 days agoWell you do get a pass if your last name is Trump.
spider@midwest.socialOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in ErrorEnglish
2·20 days agoHell, they might even do it for free just to kiss Trump’s ass.
spider@midwest.socialOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in ErrorEnglish
1·20 days agoMaybe they’ll do test runs in Florida and Texas first.
spider@midwest.socialOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in ErrorEnglish
6·21 days agoIn other words, they want to make slavery fashionable again.
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Chicago@midwest.social•Federal Agents May Face Charges After Violent Arrest of WGN Journalist in Chicago in Violation of Court OrderEnglish
10·21 days agoraising serious constitutional and legal concerns
It’s yet another example of Russell Vought’s “post constitutional” fetish.
spider@midwest.socialOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in ErrorEnglish
1·21 days agoThey’re almost at this point.
spider@midwest.socialOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in ErrorEnglish
16·21 days agoAlmost quick enough to give you whiplash.
spider@midwest.socialOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in ErrorEnglish
24·21 days agoEspecially in light of recent stories about Fed employees working without pay during the shutdown.
spider@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Luigi Mangione’s lawyers seek dismissal of federal charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO killingEnglish
7·21 days agoI agree; it took him a while to find his niche.
spider@midwest.socialOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in ErrorEnglish
19·21 days agoAt this point real-life stuff is arguably crazier than The Onion.
spider@midwest.socialOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in ErrorEnglish
6·21 days agoI switched to an archived version because NYT paywalls the article if you view it more than once.

Oh, it’s been going on for much longer than that.
This clip is from the early 2000s; the late William Greider was a Pulitzer Prize nominee in 1982.